Frank Spotnitz
Chief Executive Officer
Frank is an award-winning writer and producer with over 25 years’ experience in television. Since founding Big Light in 2013, Frank has created and executive produced series including the Emmy award-winning The Man in the High Castle, Medici: Masters of Florence, Ransom and The Indian Detective. His many previous credits include Millennium, The Lone Gunmen, Night Stalker, Hunted and Strike Back: Project Dawn. Frank was a writer and Executive Producer of The X-Files television series and both feature films. He shares three Golden Globes for Best Dramatic Series and a Peabody Award for his work on The X-Files, and was Emmy-nominated both for writing and for Outstanding Drama Series. Frank divides his time between Big Light’s London and Paris offices.
Jamie Hall
Chief Operating Officer
Jamie joined Big Light in 2016, having worked as Head of Production and Business Affairs for UK drama and comedy indie Eleven. At Eleven he oversaw Jack Thorne’s Glue and the BAFTA-nominated miniseries The Enfield Haunting for Sky. Jamie was also was responsible for the financing and production of the drama series Foreign Bodies for Channel 4 (UK) and TNT (US), which shot in China, Malaysia and Nepal. Previously, Jamie was Group Head of Production at Lime Pictures, with overall responsibility for drama and non-scripted series, and a leader in the diversification of Lime’s programming. Jamie began his 20+ year career in television as an assistant director, before becoming a line producer at Granada TV.
Emily Feller
Executive Producer
Working her way up through scripts, researching, script editing and producing, Emily joined Big Light as Executive Producer in July 2017. She has worked on British television shows such as Holby City, Emmerdale, Scott and Bailey, Last Tango In Halifax, Ordinary Lies, Banana and Trust Me.
Lucy Rawlinson
Script Editor
Lucy is an original member of the Big Light team, having joined in early 2014 as Frank Spotnitz’s PA. She has since worked in development, as Assistant Script Editor on Season One of Medici: Masters of Florence, Script Editor on Season Two and is currently developing Season Three. She began her career at Shine Drama as Drama Coordinator and PA to Johnny Capps and Julian Murphy on the fantasy family drama Merlin (BBC 1). Following that, Lucy had a stint in post-production and worked in comedy at Talkback (Fremantle Media) before happily returning to drama. Lucy graduated from Royal Holloway, University of London with a degree in European Literature.
Rhona Foulis
Executive Assistant to Frank Spotnitz & Jamie Hall
Rhona joined Big Light as Frank’s Assistant in 2014, after working as an actor and in casting and theatre. She was Assistant to Carol Dudley, as well as Associate Casting Director at the Space Theatre and Acting Like Mad. Rhona began her career as Assistant to the Artistic Team of Unicorn Theatre. Rhona formerly wrote reviews and interviews for Culture Wars and Rogues & Vagabonds websites. Rhona holds a First Class Honours degree in English Literature and Drama from Royal Holloway, University of London, and a post-graduate diploma in Acting from Drama Studio London. Rhona is based at Big Light’s Paris office.
Avi Quijada
Social Media Manager
Avi is an LA-based Writer-Producer. A Venezuelan native, she graduated from the School of Social Communications UCAB Caracas and holds a Masters in Producing from the American Film Institute. Avi has worked on TV and film productions in Venezuela, Panama, Europe, the US and Canada for Canal Uno/Unolink, HBO, SYFY/NBC Universal, Awesomeness TV, CBS and Global TV. She worked closely with 20th Century Fox and 1013 Productions in promoting The X-Files franchise. Her work has been recognised by the DGA and Tribeca. Avi is currently on the Producing Faculty at the AFI Conservatory.
Zerana Patel
Management Accountant
Zerana is responsible for the day-to-day accounting and finances of the company. Prior to Big Light, Zerana gained valuable experience from McLaren Racing, where she was involved in transactional accounting in the Race Team. Following that, Zerana worked at Grant Thornton, with chief responsibility for debtors’ management in Europe, Africa and CIS countries. Zerana holds a degree in Nutrition from Kings College London.